Celebrating Palm Sunday with Matthew’s passion narrative

Twice each year, on Palm Sunday and Good Friday, the reading of the gospel becomes visibly a liturgical event in its own right. On these occasions the dramatic reading with several voices may replace the solitary tone of the deacon/priest. Yet in most parishes this is not only a missed opportunity t...

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Main Author: O’Loughlin, Thomas
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Published: Tablet Publishing Co. Ltd. 2019
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52654/
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description Twice each year, on Palm Sunday and Good Friday, the reading of the gospel becomes visibly a liturgical event in its own right. On these occasions the dramatic reading with several voices may replace the solitary tone of the deacon/priest. Yet in most parishes this is not only a missed opportunity to do something which can enhance the whole celebration, but can become something counter productive to good communication. At the very least it can become a shambles of voices coming in off-cue, lines-lost, or confused mumbling (“Whose line is it?” “Whose that voice supposed to represent?”). At worst it can it can send hidden signals to the congregation about how we view the passion, the Jews, and the ministry of proclamation.
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spelling nottingham-526542020-05-04T19:43:07Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52654/ Celebrating Palm Sunday with Matthew’s passion narrative O’Loughlin, Thomas Twice each year, on Palm Sunday and Good Friday, the reading of the gospel becomes visibly a liturgical event in its own right. On these occasions the dramatic reading with several voices may replace the solitary tone of the deacon/priest. Yet in most parishes this is not only a missed opportunity to do something which can enhance the whole celebration, but can become something counter productive to good communication. At the very least it can become a shambles of voices coming in off-cue, lines-lost, or confused mumbling (“Whose line is it?” “Whose that voice supposed to represent?”). At worst it can it can send hidden signals to the congregation about how we view the passion, the Jews, and the ministry of proclamation. Tablet Publishing Co. Ltd. 2019-03-01 Article PeerReviewed O’Loughlin, Thomas (2019) Celebrating Palm Sunday with Matthew’s passion narrative. The Pastoral Review . ISSN 1748-362X
spellingShingle O’Loughlin, Thomas
Celebrating Palm Sunday with Matthew’s passion narrative
title Celebrating Palm Sunday with Matthew’s passion narrative
title_full Celebrating Palm Sunday with Matthew’s passion narrative
title_fullStr Celebrating Palm Sunday with Matthew’s passion narrative
title_full_unstemmed Celebrating Palm Sunday with Matthew’s passion narrative
title_short Celebrating Palm Sunday with Matthew’s passion narrative
title_sort celebrating palm sunday with matthew’s passion narrative
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52654/